Combined seed-planter and fertilizer-distributer.



Patented Sept. 23, 1902 (Application filed.May 22, 1902.)

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EDWARD G. HENRY, OF POWELLVILLE, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO BENJAMIN J. MERRILL, OF OARROLLTON, GEORGIA.

COMBINED SEED-PLANTER AND FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 709,575, dated September 23, 1902.

Application filed May 22,1902. Serial No. 108,563. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern: ends of the brackets 4 apart from each other.

Be it known that I, EDWARD G. HENRY, a The hopper 2 of the machine is provided citizen of the United States, residing at Powwith a vertical partition 8, whereby it is diellville, in the county of Coweta and State vided intoseparate chambers or compart- 55 5 of Georgia, have invented a new and useful ments 9 and 10, serving to hold, respectively, Combined Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Disthe fertilizing material and the seed which is tributer, of which the following is a specifito be distributed by the machine. A shaft cation. 11, extending transversely through the com- This invention relates to that class of compartments of the hopper and having its bear- 6o 10 binedseed-plantersandfertilizer-distributers ings in the sides of the hopper and in the in which a hopper is provided with a vertical central partition, is provided with stirring- ,partition, thus forming two compartments, fingers 12 and with a serrated segment 13, through whicha transverse shaft is extended, serving to agitate the contents of the comsaid shaft receiving motion from the drivepartments of the hopper and to convey the 65 I 5 wheel of the device. said contents to the slots or openings 14 in My invention consists in certain improvethe bottom of the hopper. The said bottom ments in the construction and arrangement 15 will usually be constructed of sheet metal of the component parts of the device, whereby and with a central slot or opening 16, as shown an implement shall be produced which shall in Fig. 5 of the drawings. Longitudinally 7o possess superior advantages in point of simacross this slot or opening 16 is secured a plicity, durability, and general efficiency. plate 17, the edges of which are bent orturned With these ends in view my invention condownwardly to form the inner walls of the sists in the improved construction, arrangeseed-tubes, the front, rear, and outer walls ment, and combination of parts, which will be of which may be formed by wings or flaps 18, 75

hereinafter fully described, and particularly extending from the edges of the said downpointed out in the claims. I turned portions 19,which form theinner walls.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is The construction may be varied by forming a side View of a machine constructed in aconly one of the seed-tubes in connection with cordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear the plate 17 and attaching the other one to 80 0 View of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical secthe edge of said plate in any suitable way; tional view taken transversely through the but I consider that when the two seed-tubes, hopper. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view with the central dividing-plate17, are conshowing a portion of the frame of the mastructed from a single plate of metal, as shown chine. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan View showing in the blank illustrated in Fig. 6 of the draw- 85 5 the hopper prior to the attachment of the ings, a stronger and more durable article is seed-tubes. Fig. 6 is a detail view illustratproduced at a minimum expense. The plate ing the preferred mode of constructing the 17, carrying the seed-tubes, may be securedin seed-tubes. its position longitudinally acrossthe slot 16 Corresponding parts in the several figures in the bottom plate 15 of the hopper by solo are indicated by like characters of reference. dering, bolting, riveting, or in any suitable 1 designates the beam, which supports near way or manner. its rear end the hopper 2. Handles 3, by When the hopper having the seed-tubes atmeans of which the machine may be guided, tached thereto is mounted upon the beam, the are attached to the sides of the beam in rear latter will be straddled by the said tubes, as

5 of the hopper. To the sides of the beam at plainly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawits rear end are secured the downwardly and ings. The attachment may be by means of a forwardly extending brackets 4 4:, the lower bracket 19, connecting the front side of the ends of which have bearings for a crank-axle hopper with the upper side of the beam, and 5, upon which is mounted the driving and braces 20, connecting the handles 3 with the 10::

supporting wheel 6. The latter is secured rear portion of the sides of the hopper near upon ahub 7, which serves to space the lower the upper end of the latter. Pivotally con nected with the rear side of the hopper are levers 21, having handles 22 at their upper ends. The lower ends of said levers are provided with slides 23, extending forwardly under the slots 14 in the bottoms of the compartments of the hopper. It will be seen that by manipulating the levers the slides may be adjusted so as to close or partially close the said slots or openings 14, thus regulating the escape of the contents of the hopper-compartments. Means may be provided for retaining the levers 21 at any point to which they may be adjusted. In Fig. 2 of the drawings the upper ends of said levers have been shown confined in a keeper 25, having a slot 26 to receive pins 27, extending rearwardly from said levers, which may frictionally engage said slot, or the latter might be provided with teeth, notches, or ratchets to be engaged by said pins.

Suitably attached to the beam 1 in frontof the hopper is the curved stock or standard 28, the upper end of which is preferably bifurcated to straddle the beam, with which it is.

connected by means of a transverse bolt 29. The lower end of the standard 28 carries the shovel 30, which serves for opening the furrow.

31 31 designate a pair of beams, which are connected with and extended rearwardly from the standard 28. The front ends of the beams 31 are connected with the standard 28 preferably by means of a transverse bolt 32, which may extend through the said beam or just below the same, so as to form a very rigid connection between the parts. The beams 31, or the portions of said beams which lies between the standard 28 and the brackets 4 4, are bent to form yokes 33, a construction which is rendered necessary in order to afford room for the seed-tubes, which lie between the central beam 1 and the yokes 33, which latter forms guards for this part of the device. In rear of the yokes 33 the beams 31 are rigidly connected, as by means of bolts 34, with the brackets 4:, and in rear of said brackets they are curved or extended in a downward and rearward direction 'for the attachment of the covering-shovels 35, one of which is located on each side and in rear of the supporting-wheel 6 of the device.

The axle 5 of the supporting-wheel 6 is provided at one of its ends with a crank 39,which is connected by means of a pitman 40 with a crank ll upon the transverse shaft 11 of the hopper, to which motion is thus transmitted from the axle of the supporting-wheel when the latter is revolved. In the accompanying drawings the pitman 40 has been shown as prov ed with a bent portion or crank 42. This might be dispensed with by extending the axle 5 for a suitable distance, as will be readily understood.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood. The frame of the machine, especially that portion which is comprised by the standard 28, the side beams 31, having the yokes 33 and the brackets 4:, which portion is to be constructed of metal, is of a nature to be particularly fitted to resist any strain or Wear to which it may be subjected, and, moreover, the said frame portion is so constructed and disposed as to form a heel or guard for that portion of the machine which is naturally most frail and at the same time most exposed to injury. The construction and arrangement of the seedtubes and the seeding mechanism are very simple and effective, and the machine as a whole, while it may be constructed at a very moderate expense, is designed to render excellent service. It will be noticed that by the peculiar construction of the seed-tubes and the method for attaching the same to the bottom plate of the hopper there will be an ample space left between said bottom plate and the upper ends of the seed-tubes to accommodate the slides 23, the entire construction and arrangement being very compact and in every way efficient.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The combination of the beam, the hopper supported thereon near the rear end and having seed-tubes disposed one on each side of the beam, the standard connected with the latter in front of the hopper, the brackets se cured to and extending downwardly and rearwardly from the rear end of the beam carrying the supporting-wheel, and beams having rigid connection with said brackets and with the front standard, said beams being formed with outwardly disposed yokes forming guards for the seed-tubes and intermediate parts, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described frame comprising the bifurcated front standard, the brackets adapted for attachment to the rear end of the beam and the beams connecting said bifur cated standard with the said brackets and extended downwardly and rearwardly from the latter, said beams being provided with outwardly-disposed yokes located intermediately between the front standard and the rear brackets, substantially as set forth.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of the beam having downwardly and forwardly extending brackets carrying the supporting-wheel, the front standard having bifurcated upper end rigidly connected with the beam and carrying a furrow-opener, the rear standards carrying covering-shovels and having beams rigidly connected with the brackets and with the front standard and having outwardly-disposed yokes intermediately between their points of attachment, the hopper mounted upon the beam and having downwardly-extending seed-tubes disposed inside of said yokes, a partition in said hopper, means for agitating the contents of the hopper compartments, and operating means driven from the supporting-wheel, substantiall y as set forth.

4. The combination of the hopper having a longitudinal partition, a bottom for said hopper having a central slot or opening, a plate secured longitudinally across said slot or opening which is thereby divided into two separate slots, and seed-tubes connected with and depending from the edges of said central dividing-plate, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the hopper, the bottom plate having a central slot or opening, a dividing-plate secured longitudinally across said slot or opening and having depending flanges forming the inner walls of the seedtubes, and wings extending from said flanges and bent to form the front, rear and outer Walls of the seed-tubes, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of the hopper, the bottom plate for the same having a central opening, a dividing-plate secured longitudinally across said opening, the seed-tubes depend= ing from said plate, the beam arranged between said seed-tube and supporting the hopper, the front standard carrying an openingshovel, the rear standards carrying the covering-shovels,and beams extending forwardly from said rear standards and having connection with the front standard and with the supporting-brackets, said beams beingformed with yokes disposed outside of and serving to guard the seed-tubes and intermediate parts, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination of the hopper, the bottom plate for the same having a central opening, a dividing-plate secured longitudinally across said opening, the seed-tubes connected with and depending from the edges of said plate directly below the divisions of the central slot, a partition arranged longitudinally Within the hopper, and levers mounted pivotally upon the rear side of the latter and having slides extending forward between the bottom plate of the hopper and the other ends of the seed-tubes, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD G. HENRY.

Witnesses:

L. TURNER, ED. ADAMS, 

